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Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box

As discussed previously, CubeSats were first conceived as a hands-on education tool allowing students to design and test small satellites and develop space missions. This teaching tool has now spread ...
Education Week

What’s Behind the Drop in Students’ Science Scores on NAEP?

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Bringing the Smithsonian Into Classrooms for 40 Years

The Smithsonian Science Education Center is Transforming K-12 Education through Science, in collaboration with communities across the globe Carol O’Donnell Historic images of students and educators ...
News9

Mad Science brings hands-on experiments, STEM learning to Oklahoma schools

Mad Science partners with schools to offer STEM enrichment programs designed to boost academic achievement while sparking curiosity and creativity. Through interactive experiments and guided ...
NorthernIrelandWorld on MSN

Think inside the box: AOP to host Curiosity Cube’s first ever visit to Northern Ireland

Families are set for an unforgettable day of discovery as Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) welcomes the Curiosity Cube on Saturday, May 23, bringing the groundbreaking mobile science lab to ...